User summary: Phenomena presents a world very similar to the real one in the current era. The only differences between the real world and the world of Phenomena is that there are sentient people (who possess paranormal powers), secret organizations (those that appear in the basic manual are Cerebro and La Fundación Nostradamus), secret sects and associations, God, the devil, angels, demons, aliens, Atlanteans, magic, parapsychology, vampires, lycanthropes, spirits, and more.